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V-Bombs and Weathermaps

Reminiscences of World War II
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1995

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A meteorological officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, McElheran studied at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich and served at naval air stations in southern England. During a V-1 attack, he was seriously injured when his rooming house in Greenwich was hit. Taken to the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, famous for its pioneering work in plastic surgery, he underwent several operations and months of treatment. Earlier in Canada, McElheran worked in operations rooms in Ottawa and Halifax. His memoir also includes previously untold stories of naval warfare off Canada's east coast. Using the journal that he kept at the time as his primary source, McElheran combines personal experience, anecdote, and historical fact in this account of a tense but exhilarating time. Written for the general reader, the mood varies from riveting drama to delightful humour, and the author's personal experiences are placed within the larger historical context of World War II.

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"V-Bombs and Weathermaps is a fresh perspective on the air war told from a Canadian point of view. McElheran conveys very well indeed what it was like to be exposed to these fearsome and extraordinarily random weapons, and this makes for a good, and at times gripping, read." S.F. Wise, History, Carleton University.

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    Front Matter

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    Contents

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    Preface

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    Acknowledgments

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    Abbreviations and Glossary

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    London on D-Day

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    London, the Old Warrior

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    Liverpool, Another Veteran

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    London's Old Wounds

    21
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    Greenwich and Its Civilian Fighters

    25
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    Ruins Ancient and Modern

    30
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    Where's the Pilot?

    35
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    The Doodlebugs Attack in Earnest

    39
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    The Battle Continues

    49
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    Panic or Nonpanic?

    55
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    "Just Carry On ..."

    61
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    Closer and Closer

    69
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    Our Private Bomb

    75
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    Guinea Pigs and Maggots

    85
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    Flashback: From War to War

    94
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    Flashback: Conversion to Old Salts

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    Flashback: Signals from the Sea

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    Flashback: Mines, Queens, and Fogs

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    Flashback: Pitch, Roll, Pitch

    128
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    Gasometers?

    136
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    Supersonic Surprises

    142
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    An Uproarious Met. Office

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    Hot Wars End, Cold War Begins

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    Have We Forgotten?

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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